The Mayhew Home

Analysis

The Mayhew Home is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and animals, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Mayhew Home reported income of £3.2m and spending of £3.4m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £3.2m to £3.2m (-0.1%), an average of +-0.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Mayhew Home sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (£3.2m), The Federation of European Microbiological Societies (£3.2m) and General Osteopathic Council (£3.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 93%, charitable activities 3.8% and trading 1.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.7m. Charitable activities took 76% of spending and raising funds 24%. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 65 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.